Category Archives: Art

Portia Munson: Little Suns, Hollow Bones Solo Exhibition — May 9 – 31, 2015 Artist Reception:  Saturday, May 9, 6-​​​​8pm Cross Contemporary Art, Saugerties, NY Portia Munson’s solo show, Little Suns, Hollow Bones, transforms the Cross Contemporary Art gallery into a world of flowers, plants, … Continue reading →

Prima Materia or Primal Matter is a term for the starting material for all things – matter that is fundamental and profound — which alchemists seek in order to actuate their alchemical transformations. The prima materia – sometimes referred to as the “Philosopher’s Stone”- is so valued … Continue reading →

Saturday, Feb. 7, from 5 – 7 p.m., the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art at SUNY New Paltz will host a public reception for the opening of its four spring exhibitions. Videofreex: The Art of Guerrilla Television Grace Hartigan: Myths and Malls The Maverick … Continue reading →

You may be thinking that I am a month out with my reference to Samhain, but October 31st is, in addition to All Hallows, the eve of the month of Samhain– the Gaelic word for November. Samhain (Sow-​​​​en) literally means summer’s end. … Continue reading →

Flying mermaids, white horses, stars, stripes and swimming pools – these are some of the motifs you can expect to see in an artwork by Leslie Bender who has a solo show at WAAM (the Woodstock Artists Association Museum) through January 4, 2015. … Continue reading →

Years ago at art museums, in order to keep the security guards at bay, I would instruct my small daughter to keep her hands clasped behind her back. Then, if a guard approached, I could say, “Look, look, hands behind back.” Now, as … Continue reading →

Claudia McNulty has become an increasingly visible presence in the Hudson Valley with her eclectic work that focuses on and draws our attention to the corporatization of our food, our interaction and effect on our animal co-​​​​habitants, and the environment. … Continue reading →

With the unwillingness of established publishing houses, music production companies, and art galleries to take on and mentor artists who haven’t already proven that they can bring in the spondulicks, haven’t already created their own platform via social media with … Continue reading →